TY - JOUR JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 505 LP - 506 DO - 10.1183/09031936.00.00000000a VL - 20 IS - 2 AU - D. Lieberman AU - D. Lieberman AU - O. Shmarkov AU - Y. Gelfer AU - M. Ben­Yaakov AU - Z. Lazarovich AU - I. Boldur Y1 - 2002/08/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/20/2/505.abstract N2 - From the author: There is no agreement on the answer to the question concerning the preferred method for the diagnostic aetiology of respiratory tract infections in general and of Legionella spp. in particular.The opinion expressed in the letter by J. Roig and colleagues presents one side of the spectrum of opinions on this issue. Their explicit opinion that Legionella isolation remains the gold standard for diagnosing any form of Legionella infection is a minority position, so it is no coincidence that the reference quoted by them in support of this position is their own. This approach assumes an optimal … ER -